Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd., a 100% subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., of Japan, made its entry into the connected car segment by introducing NissanConnect, an integrated information and communication platform, developed by Renault Nissan Technology Business Centre.
‘Intelligent mobility’
“This marks the beginning of Nissan’s vision of Intelligent Mobility in India,” said Arun Malhotra, managing director, Nissan Motor India. “Initially, we will be offering the Intelligent mobility in three of our models from mid-to-high end segment.”
NissanConnect is a 360 degree connected car software application, which will connect the car with the customer’s family, Nissan network and NissanConnect community through the customer’s smartphone.
According to Mr. Malhotra, the software application enables the new owner of Sunny, Terrano and Micra to locate the car, plan trips better with weather information, faster route guidance, better control of the car with voice alerts, speed alerts, movement of car outside the set boundary or time and sharing of car location among others.
These features will be offered free for three years from the date of purchase of select models of Sunny, Terrano and Micra along with a one-year Nissan warranty programme.
“Nissan Intelligent Mobility encompasses three core areas of innovation — intelligent drive, intelligent power and intelligent integration,” Mr. Malhotra said.
“Nissan Intelligent Mobility is a road map for a new era of automotive experience. It is the first step in India,” he said.
“The emergence of Internet of Things is shifting gears in the automotive industry, leading it to most significant innovation phase and ushering in new opportunities,” said Krishnan Sundararajan, managing director, Renault Nissan Technology Business Centre India.
While agreeing that new feature would give Nissan Motor India a competitive edge over others, Mr.Malhotra said it was difficult to predict any sales numbers for the current fiscal.